SOTD: Monday, November 19, 2012

"You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality."-Ayn Rand

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." -Thomas Jefferson

Re: SOTD: Monday, November 19, 2012

Re: SOTD: Monday, November 19, 2012

Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes

Re: SOTD: Monday, November 19, 2012

"The rare and exotic cassie flower is not easily tamed.
Intoxicating, bestial, bordering on coarse, its fragrance
is from another era: the Thirties, when women dared to
wear voluptuous, disturbing scents. Using such old
fashioned ingredients as mimosa absolute, jasmine
absolute, cassie absolute and rose absolute,
with carnation as counterpoint, and a vanilla and
sandalwood base, Dominique Ropion has achieved a
very precise, contemporary translation of this theme
from the past. Rich, intricate, complex - like an haute
couture gown. Une Fleur de Cassie was made for
connoisseurs."